Sunday, May 15, 2011

Colbert still pursuing Super PAC despite resistance from ViacomComedian Stephen Colbert was batted down by Comedy Central’s parent company Viacom when he first tried to create a political action committee (PAC) in advance of the 2012 elections. He wanted a PAC “so that this election, you, the Colbert Nation, could have a voice in the form of my voice, shouted through a megaphone of cash.” So he “exploited a loophole,” as he explained, and created a Super PAC. But Viacom once again told him no. So Colbert has asked the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for a media exemption to rules. That way, Viacom wouldn’t be giving Colbert’s PAC a corporate donation by allowing him to talk about it on air. Meanwhile, Colbert went to the FEC on Friday afternoon and rallied supporters.